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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>These are the statistics on what total numbers? This is the great value of this forum. Government sources with independent testing refuse to endorse any specific brands and the rest is left to whichever manufacturer of whatever integrity, has the loudest bugle. Thanks Carl. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bill Dorsett<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sunwrights<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Manhattan, KS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Adams<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 04, 2013 9:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase failures<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Marco,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here is a summary of our experience with Enphase to date<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=268 style='width:161.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=90 style='width:.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>13.1%<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=178 style='width:107.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal> overall failure rate<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>25.6% <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>M190 failure rate<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>25.0% <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>D380 failure rate<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>2.1% <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>M210 failure rate<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>5.6% <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>M215 failure rate<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We have had two full site upgrades last year. One from M190s - 215s, the other from D380s to M215s. No problems at those sites since the swap out.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We have two other M190 sites in line to be swapped for 215s once the 90 day monitoring period is up. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just swapped 3 of 15 inverters on a site last week. When I showed up with the 3 new inverters two more had died, they are now enroute from Enphase. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Those failures are reflected in the above statistics.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>With Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Carl Adams<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>SunRock Solar<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf <<a href="mailto:marco@pvthawaii.com" target="_blank">marco@pvthawaii.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>What are you all seeing as far as failure rates for the Enphase M215s?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’ve got a contractor friend on O’ahu who installed a 60-mod system (using the M215s) and has had failures with nine of the buggers, leading to a rather unhappy homeowner.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>While my contractor friend has had some level of support from our Enphase friends, he has gone back to the site many times and is wondering at what point Enphase would authorize replacing the whole kit and caboodle of all them thar micros.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Anyone have anything similar happen?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Finally, are you seeing access yet to the new M250?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>marco<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Change email address & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List-Archive: <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br><a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm" target="_blank">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br><br>Check out participant bios:<br><a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>